Improvement in bayonet-fastenings



J. N. WARD.

Bayonet No. 18,876. Patented Dec. 15,1857.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. \VARD, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAYO N ET-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18,876, dated December15, 1857.

To all whom/it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, J AMES N. WARD, of the United States Army, of thecity and county taching to the shank of the bayonet, by a hinge orrivet, a spring having a shoulder or projection on the under side,which,when in place on the gun, prevents the stud on the barrel fromgetting out of the bayonet-shank.

To enable-others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being badto the drawings, in which the same letters in the two refer to the sameparts in each.

Figure 1 is a View of the bayonet and improved fastening on the gun, andthe spring open or not in place; Fig. 2, aside view of the springdetached.

A is a spring,having a hinge or pivot at 0 on the bayonet-shank B.

d is a projection on the under side of A, which serves to fill up a partof the slot F and render c, the stud on the barrel of the gun,immovable.

' E is a flange by which the springAis raised sufliciently to enable thepart (I to pass clear of the slot in the bayonet-shank when the bayonetis to be fixed or unfixed.

When the bayonet is to beattached onfixed to the gun, the spring A israised slightly and turned to one side, as represented in Fig. 1, theshank of the bayonet is passed over the barrel of the gun, the stud cpassing through the slot F to its place, as shown in the same figure.The spring is then returned to its position in the direction of thebarrel, and the part d'falls into the slot F, and is there held by thespring, forming, as it were, a continu-. ousstud with 0, thus renderingthe bayonet immovable.

I do not claim, simply, themethod of securing the bayonet by putting acatch below the stud, as a similar device has beenlong used in thering-fastening, &c.; but

I claim 1. The method of securing the bayonet by means of the spring A,constructed essentially as described, hinging or turning about somepoint on the bayonet or gun, for the purpose specified.

2. The right to attach the spring in such manner to the barrel orbayonet as shall prevent its turning farther than necessary, and to useany mechanical contrivancesuch as studs, &c.to effect the same object.

J. N. WARD.

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